MIRI – Some 500 Penans lost everything when fire razed their two longhouses last week and two timber giants operating in the area came forward to give the fire victims a donation – the total amount: RM900.(more…)

The blockade started 4 days now(Aug 8th) and attracting support from more and more residents along the great length of the pipeline. Will it really stop so soon as claimed /postulated by the politicians? Have they consulted the affected residents before they started the pipeline project?

Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline Project dispute to be over soon

August 11, 2010, Wednesday(Borneo Post)

MIRI: The billion-ringgit mega Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline Project (SSGP) has hit a snag after works were disrupted due to disputes over compensation.

Bakun ready to generate its first electricity

August 11, 2010, Wednesday(Borneo Post)

BAKUN: Bakun Dam’s turbine-8 will be the first of the eight turbines to generate the dam’s first electricity.

Project developer, Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd managing director, Zulkifle Osman said turbine-8 located at the Bakun power house is expected to generate electrical power of 300 megawatt somewhere in July, 2011 if the impounding or flooding permit is issued by the Sarawak government by this month.